Walter Cronkite, truth teller, 1916-2009
Completely unrelated to bicycles or law July 17th, 2009
I’m sad tonight. Walter Cronkite may have never ridden a bike in his life, for all I know, but I grew up watching his broadcasts and it so happens I have been reading this anthology lately which includes his famous “mired in stalemate” piece for CBS.
That was a courageous thing for him to do.
What a different era.
-Erik Ryberg
July 19th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Saddened by that one too Erik, Walter Cronkite was a fixture in our house when I was growing up too. I think I even recall the “mired in stalemate” piece when he aired it. It created quite a stir then. He was an honest no B.S.guy. He swayed many opinions with that one. His honesty and power made him feared by politicians. I can still hear his voice..Bless him—D